#gwendolynbrooks — Public Fediverse posts

"Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars."

~ Gwendolyn Brooks, born today, 1917.

#GwendolynBrooks #Today #Quote

What the gift economy, the mycorrhizal network, the watershed, and the migratory bird have in common is that none of them ever mistook themselves for separate — and the experiment the Lifeboat Academy asks us to live is, at its root, the same one: to stop mistaking ourselves for separate, and feel what's already holding us.

This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21

#GwendolynBrooks #LifeboatAcademy #Relationality #LivingSystems #StayHuman

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕: "𝑹𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈'𝒔 '𝑰𝒇' & 𝑰𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒚-𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

Where do we find irony, anyway? And how? An answer in an offer of cheese.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/kiplings-if-and-irony-hunting

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #irony #dramaticirony #rudyardkipling #if #scotland #readingstrategies #langstonhughes #suicidesnote #gwendolynbrooks #werealcool

Dois poemas de Gwendolyn Brooks: https://marocidental.blogspot.com/2025/03/dois-poemas-de-gwendolyn-brooks.html?spref=tw #gwendolynbrooks #sororidade #literatura #Mulheres #mulheresqueinspiram #literaturanorteamericana #literaturaestadunidense #mulheresnegras #negritude #yeswecan #aborto #mães #maternidade #filhos #resistência

We could all use some Gwendolyn Brooks.

"Speech to the Young
Speech to the Progress-Toward
(Among them Nora and Henry III)"

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
“Even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night.”
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/02/gwendolyn-brooks-speech-to-young-speech.html

#poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #GwendolynBrooks

Gwendolyn Brooks,

"Speech to the Young
Speech to the Progress-Toward
(Among them Nora and Henry III)"

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
“Even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night.”
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/02/gwendolyn-brooks-speech-to-young-speech.html

#poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #GwendolynBrooks #life #LifeJourney

Hello Lovely Peeps!

Have been thinking a lot about #community lately; all the definitions of all the permutations - from looking out for our next door neighbour to our #responsibilities as global citizens.

For better or for worse, we are bound to each other & each little thing we do (or don't do) will eventually affect us all.

“We are each other's harvest;
we are each other's business;
we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
~ #GwendolynBrooks, from her #poem '#PaulRobeson'

#Poetry

An Exquisite Life: The contribution of Gwendolyn Brooks | D. Elizabeth Glassco: “Born 106 years ago, #GwendolynBrooks was one of the most  influential & widely read 20th century poets.  With over 20 published books, she gained immense respect during her lifetime. For 32 years the poet laureate of Illinois, she was the FIRST Black poet to be awarded the #PulitzerPrize & the FIRST Black woman named by the Library of Congress’ Poet #Laureate Consultant in Poetry.” https://open.substack.com/pub/400years/p/an-exquisite-life?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post @Deglassco

"Be careful what you swallow. Chew!" — Gwendolyn Brooks — — — #GwendolynBrooks #quote #quotes #care #careful #chew #swallow #belief #believe #think

bonus #1: Gwendolyn Brooks' poem that inspired this track:

The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

#GwendolynBrooks #WeRealCool #Poetry

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28112/we-real-cool

Roxane Gay reads To the Young Who Want to Die by Gwendolyn Brooks
#blackwriters #blackpoets #poetry #roxanegay #gwendolynbrooks
https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/to-the-young-who-want-to-die

we are each other’s
harvest:
we are each other’s
business:
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.

#TodaysPoem #Poetry #GwendolynBrooks

This is definitely something I needed to see today somehow. Like a punch in the gut.

#poetry #GwendolynBrooks #death #stay